Thanks for all the replies. I've looked up some comparisons and I can
see they're the domestic Graylag Geese because they're fatter and
missing the black mottling. I've updated my checklist.
eBird/Merlin sure make it hard to look up domestic species. It's weird
to me that some birds "don't count".
Eric Lathrop, Louisville
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:48:01PM +0000, Ron Hirsch wrote:
Eric,================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS==============
First, the Surf Scoter has been moving around quite a bit, so keep trying.
When I was there with a friend last week, we saw the Scoter, but then it flew
up stream.
Second, we also saw the geese. My first thought/wish was Greater
White-fronted Geese, but since they were with some domestic geese, I didn't
look much closer. The waterfront there seems to be a hangout for domestic
Geese and Ducks. I'm going to have to head back over this morning for a
closer look.
Thanks!
Ron Hirsch
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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Eric Lathrop <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 11:03 PM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Greater White-fronted Goose, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Waterfront
I went out to the waterfront to try to find the reported Surf Scoter
(which I did spot), and I saw a group of unusual geese napping on the
lawn under one of the bridges. I've never seen them before, and Merlin
wouldn't pull up anything similar, but when I got home I compared my
photos to the Audubon field guide and found the Greater White-fronted
goose. I looked through photos on eBird, and they seem to match up. It
looks like there's only 1-2 reports per year for the last several years
on eBird, and none with photos. I put some photos on my checklist here:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S62775977
There were 2 similar-sized white geese with them. The white geese had
some dark feathers poking out their wing tips. I'm not sure what they
were, so I listed them as "goose sp." on my checklist, and attached
photos.
Eric Lathrop, Louisville
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